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New denomination remains a work in progress

ORLANDO, Fla. – While the Fellowship of Presbyterians has launched a new denomination, called the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (or ECO for short), some folks still have questions about exactly how things will work. Read More →

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Fellowship’s theology document may remain a work in progress

ORLANDO, Fla. – Two members of a writing team that produced a theology document that's part of the constitution of the new denomination created by the Fellowship of Presbyterians said Jan. 19 that they expect changes to be made in their handiwork in the years to come. Read More →

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A bold church unafraid: Fellowship casts vision

ORLANDO, Fla. – All through the day on Jan. 19, John Ortberg and others at the Fellowship of Presbyterians Covenanting Conference cast a vision. It was of a bold church unafraid to take risks; one that makes disciples; one that takes the best of Presbyterian history and tradition and points it in new directions. Read More →

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We expect what we inspect

ORLANDO – Instead of just requiring congregations to submit annual statistical reports, the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians would ask for annual narrative reports, as Presbyterian congregations routinely did in the years before 1925. Read More →

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Fellowship of Presbyterians releases new theology and polity documents: Orlando, January 19

ORLANDO – The Fellowship of Presbyterians has given a name to its new Reformed body. The new denomination will be known as the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians.             John Ortberg, a well-known author and the pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in California, kicked off... [Read more of this review]

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There’s no rush to judgment on leaving the PC(USA) by young evangelical pastors or their congregations

ORLANDO, Fla. – Most of the young evangelical church leaders attending a Fellowship of Presbyterians event this week are from congregations that either plan to stay in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) or are still deciding whether to leave. Read More →

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Conference will open doors to a ‘new Reformed body’ but immediate departures from PC(USA) may be few

At the Fellowship of Presbyterians gathering this this week in Orlando, Fla., it's unlikely that participants will vote on the spot to create a new denomination, or that a huge number of congregations will decide to leave the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) en masse. Read More →

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Eight church elders urge congregations to rethink plans to leave the PC(USA)

Eight Presbyterians, including Cynthia Bolbach and Landon Whitsitt, the moderator and vice-moderator of the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), have issued a letter and video expressing their hope in the future of the denomination.  Read More →

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